784 



FAMILY XXXIX. BUPBESTID^Si. 



Fig. 298. 



1489 (4598). Bupeestis kufipes Oliv., Nat. Hist, des Ins., II, 1801, 10. 



Elongate. Above green, tinged with brassy, 

 shining; elytra spotted as described in key; an 

 oblique yellow stripe near margin of thorax. Be- 

 neath green, with a median stripe extending from 

 mouth to second ventral segment and a -row of 

 small spots along the sides, bright yellow ; legs and 

 last tliree ventral segments purplish-red. Thorax 

 one-third wider than long, disk sparsely and coarse- 

 ly punctured ; an impressed spot before the scu- 

 tellum. Elytra with narrow, deeply punctured strife ; 

 tips bidentate. Length 18-25 mm. (Fig. 298.) 



Southern halt' of State; scarce. June 10- 

 July 4. One of the most brilliantly colored 

 and handsome of our native beetles. Usu- 

 ally occurs on old beech or maple trees and 

 logs, in the wood of ■which the larva; live. 



B. fasciata Fabr., length 20-23 mm., is a southern species re- 

 corded from Cincinnati. 



1490 (4601). Bdpkestis lineata Fab., Ent. Syst, I, 1798, 192. 

 Elongate-oval. Above black, with a brassy tinge; elytra each with four 



yellowish spots, one sub-basal, one before and another behind the middle, 

 the fourth and smallest subapical ; these spots sometimes united to form 

 two broad stripes ; beneath dull bronze, the head and front margin of pro- 

 sternum yellowish. Thorax strongly narrowing from base to apex, disk 

 sparsely, irregularly and coarsely punctured. Elytra striate, the strife fine- 

 ly punctate; intervals subconvex, very sparsely and coai-sely punctate; tips 

 bidentate. Length 11-15 mm. 



Lake County; rare. June 29-July 2r>. 



1491 (4606). BupRESTis maculiventris Say, 



Long's Exped. to vSt. Peters 



Riv., II, 1824, 272; ibid. I, 



178. 

 Elongate-oval. Black, tinged with bras- 

 sy ; front angles of thorax, a small spot above 

 base of antennfe and a row of spots along the 

 sides of abdomen, reddish-yellow. Thorax at 

 base one-half wider than long, sides rounded 

 and suddenly curved downward in front of 

 middle; disk coarsely, sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate. Elytra with finely punctured striaj ; 

 intervals subconvex, more coarsely punctate. 

 Length 16 mm. 



Putnnni County ; rare. June 18. Pre- 

 sented by (4uy Wilson. 



1492 (4609). Bupbestis striata Fab., Syst. 



Eleut, II, 1821, 1!»2. 



Elongate-oval. Above brilliant green, the 



Fig, 299. 



(Aftpr Piickard in Fifth Rep. U 

 W. Knt. Comm.) 



